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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Loop: Man stabbed on Red Line train Sunday morning

Police said charges are pending against a man who stabbed a passenger aboard a Red Line train in the Loop on Sunday morning.

The men were on a southbound train when the 26-year-old suspect stabbed the 23-year-old victim in the neck and ear around 7:15 a.m. CTA personnel held the train for police at the Roosevelt station, 1167 South State Street, and officers arrested the suspect there.

The victim was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where his condition was stabilized. Police did not provide a motive for the attack.